The worldwide NAND flash memory market posted revenues of US$8.75 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014, up 2% sequentially, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics remained the largest supplier, but its share slid 1.8pp to 27.9%.

Samsung's NAND bit shipments increased 5% on quarter while ASP fell nearly 10%, said DRAMeXchange. Samsung's NAND revenues amounted to about US$2.44 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014, down 4.2% sequentially.

Toshiba came in second place with a 21.9% share of the NAND flash market in the fourth quarter, followed by SanDisk with a 18.2% share, Micron Technology with 13.7% and SK Hynix 11.4%.

In addition, with seasonal factors dragging down demand, the global supply of NAND flash memory will exceed demand in the first quarter of 2015, DRAMeXchange predicted.

DRAMeXchange also observed that falling NAND flash prices will encourage chipmakers to speed up their technology transitions for a better cost structure.

By: DocMemory
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